Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition

Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition

by Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall

336 pages· 2009· ISBN 9780521887854

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This book contains essays by international experts on Sophocles, asking why he matters, and why he is still read and performed today. His seven surviving tragedies are discussed from a variety of perspectives. A picture emerges of Sophocles' place at the foundations of the tragic tradition and in its perpetual refashioning and renewal.

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